Improvement in hat-holders combined with seats



e. T. HUNSAKER. HAT HOLDERS COMBINED WITH SEATS.

N0. 194,437. P a tented Aug. 21,1877.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE T. HUNSAKER, OF OARTHAGE, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAT-HOLDERS COMBINED WITH SEATS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 194,437., dated August 21, 1877; application filed April 2, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE TROUTMAN HUNSAKER, of Carthage, Hancock county, Illinois, have invented a new and useful Iniprovement in Hat-Holders for Seats.

This is made substantially as set forth hereinafter, referring to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure I shows the apparatus as in use. Fig. II shows front view of same.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved means for holding hats in seated assemblies. v

The invention consists in an improved device applied to the bottom of the seat, and having the features hereinafter set forth. The device is made of bent wire or other material formed into suitable shape, as shown, and it is attached near the edge of the seat, so as to project back on the under side.

The part E rests on the seat, andhas an eye turned on its end at G, by which it is held by screw or nail. This part E projects forward and outward, as shown, for a space which acts as a brace or bearing to bear the strain on the device as it projects backward to hold the hat. The wire bends down from the forward end of this space as a dependent part, F. This part]? bears a spiral spring loop, G, of one or more turns. From this arm H the wire projects inward, forming the loop D, of suitable size and form to hold the hat. Parts similar to the arm H, spring G, and brace E, described above, are provided on the opposite .side of the hat, also formed of the same wire.

The leverage of the weight of the hat acts on the brace parts E, so as to relieve the screws at O of most of the strain on them, and the spring-loops G allow the arm H to spring a distance up and down to fit diflerent forms of bat, and hold them up well and with a gentle pressure. The holder may be modified in some of its parts.

'I claim- 1. The hat-holder having the hat-loop D, held at some distance from the seat by arms H F having the springs-G, substantiallyas set forth.

2. The hat-holder having hat-loop D, held by arms E F H at each side, the parts E being nearly the same in direction with the loop D, and secured in or against the seat bottom or support, so as to bear the strain of the weight on the farthest sideof loop D, and the parts F H being made to form a spring, substantially as set forth.

3. The wire hat-holder having hat-loop D, held by arms at each side having parts E, nearly the same in direction with loop D, and secured in or against the seat bottom or support, arranged to support the strain of weight on the farthest side of loop D, substantially as set forth.

GEORGE TROUTMAN HUNSAKER.

Witnesses:

J OHN EDDER, G. W. TAYLOR. 

